Belt buckle



Dec. 118 1923.

- M. STARMER v BELT BUCKLE Filed March 23. 1922 HQI /2' Patented Dec. 18, 1923.

UNETED STATES MARY STARMER, OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.

BELT BUCKLE.

Application filed March `23, 1922. Serial No. 545,938.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY STARMER, a

j citizen of the United States, residing at Newport News, in the county of TVarwick and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Belt Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision o f a waistline support for garments to be used by either men or women, involving a novel form of belt structure and buckle or fastening device for the ends of the belt. The belt is especially adapted for construction of the same material as that used in the manufacture of a skirt or dress for women or for trousers for mens wear, although if desired other materials may be used. And the adjusting and fastening devices for connecting the ends of the belt are readily applied, eiiicient in performing their functions, and capable of being disconnected with convenience and dispatch.

In the accompanyingl drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention for mens wear, in which the parts are combined and arranged according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles f my invention.

Figure 1 is an inside view of the belt and fastening device as secured for wear.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the buckle of Figure l showing the belt ends in position.

Figure 3 is an inside View of the buckle.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the attaching plate carried at one end of the belt.

Figure 5 is-a plan view of the pivoted fastening jaw carried by the buckle.

Figure 6 isl an enlarged View partly in section and partly in perspective of the belt showing its construction.

In the preferred form of the invention as illustrated the belt which is designated as a whole by the numeral 1 is built upon an inner lining or filling material as 2 which is composed of coarse fab-ric in the form of a strip of the required width. This strip is bent upon itself as shown in Figure 6 to form a comparatively stiff lining for the belt, but possesses the required iieXibility, thus insuring the proper form and shape for the belt and yet affording the necessary iieXible structure for wear.

rFhe covering 8 for the belt may be made of suitable material, but I prefer to use the same goods for the cover are used in the garment with which the belt is to' be wor-n. Thus when worn with trousers, either of cloth, or material for summer wear, the cover 3 matches the goods of the garment and enhances the appearance thereof. The cover 3 is wrapped over the lining material with its two complementary edges 4C, turned in at the lower edge of the belt and inserted between the folded edges of the lining. The doubled edges of the lining and of the cover are stitched through, with the stitches also extending through the outer portions of the cover, and after being properly pressed the belt presents an attractive, uniform and tailored appearance.

The two ends 5 and 6 of the belt are provided with fastening and adjusting devices, the end 6 of the belt being looped as at 7 in Figure 2 and retained in adjusted position by an adjusting buckle 8, as best shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The loop 7 carries an attaching plate slotted at 9 for the passage of the looped end of the belt, and the plate 10 is fashioned with a pair of spaced slits or slots 18 as shown.

The fastening buckle comprises a rectangular plate 11 of metal that may be suitably ornamented on its front face, and is fashioned with upper and lower horizontal flanges 12. At one end the plate has a guide bar 13, located at the rear and joining the upperand lower flanges of the plate, and designed t0 retain the buckle in position on the belt end, which is formed as a loop 14:. At the opposite end of the buckle plate is fashioned a rear plate 15, bent back from the plate 11 and stamped out or slotted as at 16 to forman attaching tongue or keeper 17. The buckle is preferably composed of sheet metal, and the front plate 11 of course is rigid and reinforced by the flanges 12, but the rear plate, and especially the keepertongue 17 is resilient in order that the attaching plate 10 may be affixed thereto. The two slits 18 of the attaching plate 10 are slipped over the free end of the keepertongue for connecting the belt ends as seen in Figures 1 and 2.

At the end of the back plate and projecting from its upper and lower edges are a pair of parallel studs 2O that are passed through openings 21 of a movable locking jaw 22. from sheet metal with teeth along one edge and is fashioned with a. projecting head 23, the whole being supported on pivotal connections between the studs 20 and their sockets or openings 21.

in aliXing the buckle for use with the belt, the extremity of the belt end 5, after having been passed under the retaining bar 13, is inserted between the teeth oi' the fixed jaw 24: of plate 15 and the teeth oi the pivoted jaw 22, the pivoted jaw being pushed aside to permit the insertion. Then by pulling on the end 5 of the belt, away troni the buckle, the head 23 which is encased between the folded portions of the loop 14;, is caused to) swing to position to close the teeth of the movable jaw over the teeth of the iiXed jaw to secure the belt between them. When the belt end 5 is taut the loop 1li is clamped rigidly by the jaws of the buckle and the latter is lirinly secured on the end of the belt.

The two ends of the belt may be connected or disconnected quickly and with convenience, and after the length of the belt has been properly adjusted by using The locking jaw is stampedA ing a rear plate fashioned with teeth toV forni afixed jaw, and pivot studs projecting from said jaw, of a jawprovided with teeth, and having perforations for said pivot studs and a head on said pivoted j aw extending laterally therefrom forinovnig thejaw to locked position under pressure from a belt.

'2. The combination with a buckle having a rear plate fashionedV with a resilient keeper-tongue adapted to receive a slotted attaching plate, a fixed locking jaw and pivot studs, of a looking jaw having perforations and pivoted thereby on said studs, a head on said latter jaw extending laterally therefrom for moving the jaw to locked position under Vpressure fromY a. belt, and a retaining guide-bar on the buckle whereby a looped belt end is fixed between said jaws.

MARY STARMER. 

